3956_1064
Wanakee Pugh
circa mid 1990s © 1990 Bobby Holland
3956_1021
Nude Model
circa 1953 © 2008 Mark Shaw
3956_1048
Photographed for the January 1961 issue of LIFE, Christine Mayer poses on the jetty overlooking St. Tropez harbor wearing the year's biggest Riviera hit, an embroidered organdy bikini designed by Andejo of Nice © 2010 Mark Shaw
3956_1003
Ballerina
circa 1955 © 2008 Mark Shaw
3956_1020
Nude Model
circa 1953 © 2008 Mark Shaw
3956_0986
Fashion model
circa 1955 © 2008 Mark Shaw
3956_1018
Jane Sprague wearing Jacques Fath
1953 © 2008 Mark Shaw
3956_0980
Models in Nina Ricci
1961 © 2008 Mark Shaw
3956_0991
Fashionmodel
circa 1960 © 2008 Mark Shaw
3956_0985
Model in bright red velvet dinner dress by Chanel (location: 14th Century Cour de Rohan in Paris, France)
1955
© 2008 Mark Shaw
3956_0975
Model wearing dress by fashion designer, Claire McCardell
1955 © 2007 Mark Shaw
3956_0987
Fashion model
circa 1955 © 2008 Mark Shaw
3956_0990
Model in Givenchy gown in a Paris Courtyard
1955 © 2008 Mark Shaw
3956_0984
Nico, lead singer for the Velvet Underground
circa 1960 © 2008 Mark Shaw
3956_0962
"Fashion"
Willy Koopman
1965 © 1978 Sid Avery
3956_0953
"Fashion"
Linda Eddy
1978 © 1978 Sid Avery
3956_0947
"Fashion"
Model wearing Vanity Fair half slip
1954 © 2005 Mark Shaw
3956_0950
"Fashion"
Model wearing Vanity Fair gown
circa 1950 © 2005 Mark Shaw
3956_0963
"Fashion"
Annie Holbrook
1977 © 1978 Sid Avery
3956_0946
"Fashion"
Model wearing Vanity Fair gown
1953 © 2005 Mark Shaw
3956_0964
"Fashion"
Carla Borelli
1965 © 1978 Sid Avery
3956_0926
Dior model in the home of couture director Suzanne Luling wearing the "Romance" dress (Spring-Summer Haute Couture collection, Silhouette de demain line)
1960
© 2013 Mark Shaw
3956_0936
Dior fashion model wearing "Chimene" dress (Autumn-Winter Haute Couture collection, H line)
1954
© 2013 Mark Shaw
3956_0932
Nico, later of the Velvet Underground, with dachsunds, at the apartment of decorator Henri Samuel in Paris, France
1960 © 2005 Mark Shaw
3956_0913
"Fashion"
Model wearing Balenciaga orange coat as I. Magnin buyers inspect a dinner outfit in the background / Paris, France
1954 © 2002 Mark Shaw
3956_0945
"Fashion"
Model wearing Vanity Fair gown
1949 © 2005 Mark Shaw
3956_0923
"Fashion"
Model wearing Balenciaga orange coat as I. Magnin buyers inspect a dinner outfit in the background / Paris, France
1954 © 2005 Mark Shaw
3956_0888
"Fashion"
Lisa Fonsagrives
circa 1960 © 2000 Mark Shaw
3956_0948
"Fashion"
Model wearing Vanity Fair gown
circa 1950 © 2005 Mark Shaw
3956_0951
Model wearing Vanity Fair slip
1954 © 2005 Mark Shaw
3956_0874
"Fashion"
Vanity Fair Gown
circa 1953 © 2000 Mark Shaw
3987_0028
Dorothy Jordan
c. 1932
Photo by George Hurrell
3956_0884
"Fashion"
Zebra jumpsuit
circa 1954 © 2000 Mark Shaw
3956_0879
"Fashion"
Backstage at Balmain
circa 1955 © 2000 Mark Shaw
3974_0096
Louise Brooks
C. 1928
**I.V.
3956_0921
Fashion Category
Photos for the Blue Book Modeling Agency
circa Mid 1950's
Photo by Leo Caloia
**K.B.
3956_0862
"Fashion" Model wearing a Vanity Fair gown
1951 © 2000 Mark Shaw
3956_1180
Illustrator Carl Erickson sketches Dior fashion model Alla wearing 'Artamene' evening ensemble (Autumn-Winter 1954 Haute Couture collection, H line)
1954
© 2013 Mark Shaw
3956_0869
Dorothy Tristan wearing the Dior "Soiree etoilee" dress (Autumn-Winter Haute Couture collection, Y line)
1955
© 2013 Mark Shaw
3956_0860
"Fashion"
Model wearing a Vanity Fair gown
1953 © 2000 Mark Shaw
3974_0072
Louise Brooks, c. 1923.
**I.V.
3956_1186
Dior fashion model wearing 'Palais de glace' dress (Spring-Summer 1957 Haute Couture collection, Libre line)
1957
© 2013 Mark Shaw
3956_1183
Dior fashion model Alla wearing a 'croque-mitaine' model (Autumn-Winter 1953 Haute Couture collection, Vivante line)
1953
© 2013 Mark Shaw
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Tiger Morse
1962
© 2015 Mark Shaw
3956_0920
Fashion Category
Photos for the Blue Book Modeling Agency
circa Mid 1950's
Photo by Leo Caloia
**K.B.
3956_0919
Fashion Category
Photos for the Blue Book Modeling Agency
circa Mid 1950's
Photo by Leo Caloia
**K.B.
3956_0935
Dior fashion model Victoire wearing "Zaire" dress from the Autumn-Winter Haute Couture collection H Line
1954
© 2013 Mark Shaw
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Dior fashion model Kouka wearing Marc Bohan's "Hymenee" wedding dress (Spring-Summer Haute Couture collection, Slim Look line)
1961
© 2013 Mark Shaw
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Model Victoire during the general rehearsal showing off the Zaire dress to Christian Dior, surrounded by his close collaborators including, Raymonde Zehnacker, Mizza Bricard, Marguerite Carré and Jacques Rouët (Autumn–Winter Haute Couture collection, H line)
1954
© 2013 Mark Shaw
3956_1089
Vicki Reynaud modeling a draped chiffon gown and jeweled collar by classic Parisian designer Desses. Standing in the "dahlia-bedecked" dining room of Desses' two story apartment, Reynaud is surrounded by an 18th century Manila leather screen and a collection of English Silver. Desses' apartment was formerly occupied by Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, the tower builder
1953
© 2011 Mark Shaw
3956_1081
St. Tropez model in white eyelet dress (photographed by Mark Shaw in St. Tropez, no version of this image ever appeared in the 1961 Life article featuring resort “play clothes”)
1961
© 2011 Mark Shaw
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Wanakee Pugh
circa mid 1990s © 1990 Bobby Holland
3956_0870
"Fashion"
Red pants and striped blouse with black collar
1955 © 2000 Mark Shaw
3912_0218
Veronica Lake
1942
**I.V.
3956_1047
Photographed by Mark Shaw for the Jan. 14, 1957 issue of Life, this model poses in a Givenchy designed tunic with a Moorish pattern made of elasticized cotton. The Life article, "French Flavor for U.S. Beaches" featured fashions photographed on the beach at Trouville and the harbor of Honfleur, France © 2010 Mark Shaw
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Photographed for LIFE in August of 1956, models wearing Claire McCardell creations pose in an alpine valley near the village of Lofer, Austria. The backdrop of church steeples shows the influence of Byzantine architecture © 2010 Mark Shaw
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Wanakee Pugh
circa mid 1990s © 1990 Bobby Holland
3956_1043
Raoul Dufy art "Aphrodite" (right), "The Breakwater" (left) with French model Jackie Mazel 1955 © 2010 Mark Shaw
3956_1013
Fashion model
circa 1955 © 2008 Mark Shaw
3956_1011
Fashion models
circa 1960 © 2008 Mark Shaw
3956_1009
Fashion model
circa 1955 © 2008 Mark Shaw
3956_0941
"Fashion"
Models backstage at the Pierre Balmain Couture show / Paris, France
1954 © 2005 Mark Shaw
3956_0977
Models in Nina Ricci
1961 © 2008 Mark Shaw
3956_0979
Fashion model
circa 1961 © 2008 Mark Shaw
3956_0994
Fashion model
circa 1960 © 2008 Mark Shaw
3956_0922
"Fashion"
Models backstage at the Pierre Balmain Couture show / Paris, France
1954 © 2005 Mark Shaw
3956_0930
"Fashion"
London Post debutante Henrietta Tiarks models Nina Ricci man-tailored suit in Ricci's salon with Ricci designer Jules Francois Crahay / Paris, France
1959 © 2005 Mark Shaw
3956_0918
Fashion Category
Photos for the Blue Book Modeling Agency
1324 Wall Street, Los Angeles, CA
circa Mid 1950's
Photo by Leo Caloia
**K.B.
3956_0887
"Fashion"
Male illustrator with model
circa 1955 © 2000 Mark Shaw
3956_0889
"Fashion"
Woman in black with pearls
circa 1960 © 2000 Mark Shaw
3956_0882
"Fashion"
Plunging neckline dress with fur coat
circa 1955 © 2000 Mark Shaw
3956_0861
"Fashion"
Model wearing Vanity Fair shorts
1954 © 2000 Mark Shaw
3956_0872
"Fashion" Vanity Fair Gown
circa 1953 © 2000 Mark Shaw
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Ford Thunderbird
in Monaco
October 1962 © 1978 Mark Shaw
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Cars
1960 Chevrolet Corvette © 2000 Mark Shaw
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Joan Crawford
Hurrell's Beverly Hills Studio, c. 1939 © 1978 Will Connell
3433_0028
"Flesh And The Devil"
Greta Garbo
C. 1927
**R.C
.
3510_0107
Joan Crawford
Hurrell's Beverly Hills Studio, c. 1939 © 1978 Will Connell
3449_0045
Tina Louise
Taken for "Gilligan's Island," 1966.
Photo by Gabi Rona
3329_0008
"Camille"
Etta Lee
1927 First National
3457_0013
"Gone With The Wind,"
Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh.
1939 MGM
3231_0021
Madge Evans
c. 1931
Photo by George Hurrell
3091_0026
Marlo Thomas at home in Beverly Hills 1970 © 1978 Bob Willoughby
2927_0095
Jean Seberg
1957
**I.V.
3007_0004
Constance Talmadge, Photo By George Maillard Kesslere, mid1920's, **I.V.
2891_0096
Diana Ross
1969 © 1978 Wallace Seawell
3267_0003
"An American Dream"
Janet Leigh
1966 Warner Brothers
**I.V,
3091_0025
Marlo Thomas at home in Beverly Hills 1970 © 1978 Bob Willoughby
2891_0094
Diana Ross
1969 © 1978 Wallace Seawell
3091_0001
Marlo Thomas circa 1967 © 1978 John Engstead
2583_0004
Gertrude Lawrence
1/10/47 © 1978 Maurice Seymour
2927_0096
Jean Seberg
1970
**I.V.
2777_0004
Maureen O'Sullivan
c. 1932
Photo by George Hurrell
2891_0095
Diana Ross
1969 © 1978 Wallace Seawell
2466_0020
Edith Head
C. 1950 © 1978 Bud Fraker
2927_0064
Jean Seberg
wearing Christian Dior on location for
"Bonjour Tristesse"
1957 © 1978 Bob Willoughby
2466_0030
Edith Head
during filming of a Home Savings Bank Commercial
April 17, 1979
2891_0119
Diana Ross
circa 1975
**I.V.
2669_0341
Virginia Mayo
12/28/44 © 1978 Maurice Seymour
2891_0103
Diana Ross
circa 1978
**H.L.